I once heard an old-time road warrier say that for the first year of your business life you got to travel. After that, you had to travel. I understand. It’s been a while since my yearly flight mileage was in six figures, but business travel is still tough. I’ve spent too many evenings eating a room-service chicken Caesar salad to get deeply into the whole “glamour of travel” thing.

With that said, it looks like the Marriott chain wants to make things better. I can’t say that a 32-inch HD TV would make every night on the road better, but it wouldn’t hurt. Now, if we can just get them to make sure that there are HD channels worth watching in each hotel, then we’ll truly be on the right track. The only downer is that they’re limiting the chains slated to get the nice televisions; you have to stay in a Marriott, JW Marriott, or Renaissance hotel to get the eye candy. Forget the high-end properties–it’s the weary road-warriors in the Courtyard who need their HD TV.

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